Cobalt/POSIX process scheduling. More...

Collaboration diagram for Process scheduling:

Functions
int	sched_yield (void)
	Yield the processor. More...

int	sched_get_priority_min (int policy)
	Get minimum priority of the specified scheduling policy. More...

int	sched_get_priority_min_ex (int policy)
	Get extended minimum priority of the specified scheduling policy. More...

int	sched_get_priority_max (int policy)
	Get maximum priority of the specified scheduling policy. More...

int	sched_setscheduler (pid_t pid, int policy, const struct sched_param *param)
	Set the scheduling policy and parameters of the specified process. More...

int	sched_setscheduler_ex (pid_t pid, int policy, const struct sched_param_ex *param_ex)
	Set extended scheduling policy of a process More...

int	sched_getscheduler (pid_t pid)
	Get the scheduling policy of the specified process. More...

int	sched_getscheduler_ex (pid_t pid, int policy_r, struct sched_param_ex param_ex)
	Get extended scheduling policy of a process More...

int	sched_get_priority_max_ex (int policy)
	Get extended maximum priority of the specified scheduling policy. More...

int	sched_setconfig_np (int cpu, int policy, const union sched_config *config, size_t len)
	Set CPU-specific scheduler settings for a policy More...

ssize_t	sched_getconfig_np (int cpu, int policy, union sched_config config, size_t len_r)
	Retrieve CPU-specific scheduler settings for a policy More...

Detailed Description

Cobalt/POSIX process scheduling.

See also: Specification.

Function Documentation

◆ sched_get_priority_max()

int sched_get_priority_max ( int policy )

Get maximum priority of the specified scheduling policy.

This service returns the maximum priority of the scheduling policy policy.

Parameters

policy scheduling policy.

Return values

0	on success;
-1	with errno set if: EINVAL, policy is invalid.

See also: Specification.

Tags: thread-unrestricted, switch-secondary

Note: Fetching the maximum priority level of SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR or any Xenomai-specific policy never leads to a mode switch. Any other value of policy may switch the caller to secondary mode.

◆ sched_get_priority_max_ex()

int sched_get_priority_max_ex ( int policy )

Get extended maximum priority of the specified scheduling policy.

This service returns the maximum priority of the scheduling policy policy, reflecting any Cobalt extension to standard classes.

Parameters

policy scheduling policy.

Return values

0	on success;
-1	with errno set if: EINVAL, policy is invalid.

See also: Specification.

Tags: thread-unrestricted

◆ sched_get_priority_min()

int sched_get_priority_min ( int policy )

Get minimum priority of the specified scheduling policy.

This service returns the minimum priority of the scheduling policy policy.

Parameters

policy scheduling policy.

Return values

0	on success;
-1	with errno set if: EINVAL, policy is invalid.

See also: Specification.

Tags: thread-unrestricted, switch-secondary

Note: Fetching the minimum priority level of SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR or any Xenomai-specific policy never leads to a mode switch. Any other value of policy may switch the caller to secondary mode.

◆ sched_get_priority_min_ex()

int sched_get_priority_min_ex ( int policy )

Get extended minimum priority of the specified scheduling policy.

This service returns the minimum priority of the scheduling policy policy, reflecting any Cobalt extension to the standard classes.

Parameters

policy scheduling policy.

Return values

0	on success;
-1	with errno set if: EINVAL, policy is invalid.

See also: Specification.

Tags: thread-unrestricted

◆ sched_getconfig_np()

ssize_t sched_getconfig_np	(	int	cpu,
		int	policy,
		union sched_config *	config,
		size_t *	len_r
	)

Retrieve CPU-specific scheduler settings for a policy

A configuration is strictly local to the target cpu, and may differ from other processors.

Parameters

cpu	processor to retrieve the configuration of.
policy	scheduling policy to which the configuration data applies. Currently, only SCHED_TP and SCHED_QUOTA are valid input.
config	a pointer to a memory area which receives the configuration settings upon success of this call.

SCHED_TP specifics

On successful return, config->quota.tp contains the TP schedule active on cpu.

SCHED_QUOTA specifics

On entry, config->quota.get.tgid must contain the thread group identifier to inquire about.

On successful exit, config->quota.info contains the information related to the thread group referenced to by config->quota.get.tgid.

Parameters

[in,out] len_r a pointer to a variable for collecting the overall length of the configuration data returned (in bytes). This variable must contain the amount of space available in config when the request is issued.

Returns: the number of bytes copied to config on success;; a negative error number if:

EINVAL, cpu is invalid, or policy is unsupported by the current kernel configuration, or len cannot hold the retrieved configuration data.
ESRCH, with policy equal to SCHED_QUOTA, if the group identifier required to perform the operation is not valid (i.e. config->quota.get.tgid is invalid).
ENOMEM, lack of memory to perform the operation.
ENOSPC, len is too short.

Tags: thread-unrestricted, switch-primary

◆ sched_getscheduler()

int sched_getscheduler ( pid_t pid )

Get the scheduling policy of the specified process.

This service retrieves the scheduling policy of the Cobalt process identified by pid.

If pid does not identify an existing Cobalt thread/process, this service falls back to the regular sched_getscheduler() service.

Parameters

pid	target process/thread;

Returns

0 on success;

an error number if:

ESRCH, pid is not found;
EINVAL, pid is negative
EFAULT, param_ex is an invalid address;

See also: Specification.

Tags: thread-unrestricted

◆ sched_getscheduler_ex()

int sched_getscheduler_ex	(	pid_t	pid,
		int *	policy_r,
		struct sched_param_ex *	param_ex
	)

Get extended scheduling policy of a process

This service is an extended version of the sched_getscheduler() service, which supports Cobalt-specific and/or additional scheduling policies, not available with the host Linux environment. It retrieves the scheduling policy of the Cobalt process/thread identified by pid, and the associated scheduling parameters (e.g. the priority).

Parameters

pid	queried process/thread. If zero, the current thread is assumed.
policy_r	a pointer to a variable receiving the current scheduling policy of pid.
param_ex	a pointer to a structure receiving the current scheduling parameters of pid.

Returns

0 on success;

an error number if:

ESRCH, pid is not a Cobalt thread;
EINVAL, pid is negative or param_ex is NULL;
EFAULT, param_ex is an invalid address;

Tags: thread-unrestricted

◆ sched_setconfig_np()

int sched_setconfig_np	(	int	cpu,
		int	policy,
		const union sched_config *	config,
		size_t	len
	)

Set CPU-specific scheduler settings for a policy

A configuration is strictly local to the target cpu, and may differ from other processors.

Parameters

cpu	processor to load the configuration of.
policy	scheduling policy to which the configuration data applies. Currently, SCHED_TP and SCHED_QUOTA are valid.
config	a pointer to the configuration data to load on cpu, applicable to policy.

Settings applicable to SCHED_TP

This call controls the temporal partitions for cpu, depending on the operation requested.

config.tp.op specifies the operation to perform:
sched_tp_install installs a new TP schedule on cpu, defined by config.tp.windows[]. The global time frame is not activated upon return from this request yet; sched_tp_start must be issued to activate the temporal scheduling on CPU.
sched_tp_uninstall removes the current TP schedule from cpu, releasing all the attached resources. If no TP schedule exists on CPU, this request has no effect.
sched_tp_start enables the temporal scheduling on cpu, starting the global time frame. If no TP schedule exists on cpu, this action has no effect.
sched_tp_stop disables the temporal scheduling on cpu. The current TP schedule is not uninstalled though, and may be re-started later by a sched_tp_start request.
Attention
As a consequence of this request, threads assigned to the un-scheduled partitions may be starved from CPU time.
for a sched_tp_install operation, config.tp.nr_windows indicates the number of elements present in the config.tp.windows[] array. If config.tp.nr_windows is zero, the action taken is identical to sched_tp_uninstall.
if config.tp.nr_windows is non-zero, config.tp.windows[] is a set scheduling time slots for threads assigned to cpu. Each window is specified by its offset from the start of the global time frame (windows[].offset), its duration (windows[].duration), and the partition id it should activate during such period of time (windows[].ptid). This field is not considered for other requests than sched_tp_install.

Time slots must be strictly contiguous, i.e. windows[n].offset + windows[n].duration shall equal windows[n + 1].offset. If windows[].ptid is in the range [0..CONFIG_XENO_OPT_SCHED_TP_NRPART-1], SCHED_TP threads which belong to the partition being referred to may be given CPU time on cpu, from time windows[].offset to windows[].offset + windows[].duration, provided those threads are in a runnable state.

Time holes between valid time slots may be defined using windows activating the pseudo partition -1. When such window is active in the global time frame, no CPU time is available to SCHED_TP threads on cpu.

Note: The sched_tp_confsz(nr_windows) macro returns the length of config.tp depending on the number of time slots to be defined in config.tp.windows[], as specified by config.tp.nr_windows.

Settings applicable to SCHED_QUOTA

This call manages thread groups running on cpu, defining per-group quota for limiting their CPU consumption.

config.quota.op should define the operation to be carried out. Valid operations are:
- sched_quota_add for creating a new thread group on cpu. The new group identifier will be written back to info.tgid upon success. A new group is given no initial runtime budget when created. sched_quota_set should be issued to enable it.
- sched_quota_remove for deleting a thread group on cpu. The group identifier should be passed in config.quota.remove.tgid.
- sched_quota_set for updating the scheduling parameters of a thread group defined on cpu. The group identifier should be passed in config.quota.set.tgid, along with the allotted percentage of the quota interval (config.quota.set.quota), and the peak percentage allowed (config.quota.set.quota_peak).

All three operations fill in the config.info structure with the information reflecting the state of the scheduler on cpu with respect to policy, after the requested changes have been applied.

Parameters

len	overall length of the configuration data (in bytes).

Returns: 0 on success;; an error number if:

EINVAL, cpu is invalid, or policy is unsupported by the current kernel configuration, len is invalid, or config contains invalid parameters.
ENOMEM, lack of memory to perform the operation.
EBUSY, with policy equal to SCHED_QUOTA, if an attempt is made to remove a thread group which still manages threads.
ESRCH, with policy equal to SCHED_QUOTA, if the group identifier required to perform the operation is not valid.

Tags: thread-unrestricted, switch-primary

◆ sched_setscheduler()

int sched_setscheduler	(	pid_t	pid,
		int	policy,
		const struct sched_param *	param
	)

Set the scheduling policy and parameters of the specified process.

This service set the scheduling policy of the Cobalt process identified by pid to the value policy, and its scheduling parameters (i.e. its priority) to the value pointed to by param.

If the current Linux thread ID is passed (see gettid(2)), this service turns the current regular POSIX thread into a Cobalt thread. If pid is neither the identifier of the current thread nor the identifier of an existing Cobalt thread, this service falls back to the regular sched_setscheduler() service.

Parameters

pid	target process/thread;
policy	scheduling policy, one of SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR, or SCHED_OTHER;
param	scheduling parameters address.

Returns

0 on success;

an error number if:

ESRCH, pid is invalid;
EINVAL, policy or param->sched_priority is invalid;
EAGAIN, insufficient memory available from the system heap, increase CONFIG_XENO_OPT_SYS_HEAPSZ;
EFAULT, param is an invalid address;

See also: Specification.

Note

See sched_setscheduler_ex().

Tags: thread-unrestricted, switch-secondary, switch-primary

Referenced by sched_setscheduler_ex().

◆ sched_setscheduler_ex()

int sched_setscheduler_ex	(	pid_t	pid,
		int	policy,
		const struct sched_param_ex *	param_ex
	)

Set extended scheduling policy of a process

This service is an extended version of the sched_setscheduler() service, which supports Cobalt-specific and/or additional scheduling policies, not available with the host Linux environment. It sets the scheduling policy of the Cobalt process/thread identified by pid to the value policy, and the scheduling parameters (e.g. its priority) to the value pointed to by par.

If the current Linux thread ID or zero is passed (see gettid(2)), this service may turn the current regular POSIX thread into a Cobalt thread.

Parameters

pid	target process/thread. If zero, the current thread is assumed.
policy	scheduling policy, one of SCHED_WEAK, SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_COBALT, SCHED_RR, SCHED_SPORADIC, SCHED_TP, SCHED_QUOTA or SCHED_NORMAL;
param_ex	address of scheduling parameters. As a special exception, a negative sched_priority value is interpreted as if SCHED_WEAK was given in policy, using the absolute value of this parameter as the weak priority level.

When CONFIG_XENO_OPT_SCHED_WEAK is enabled, SCHED_WEAK exhibits priority levels in the [0..99] range (inclusive). Otherwise, sched_priority must be zero for the SCHED_WEAK policy.

Returns

0 on success;

an error number if:

ESRCH, pid is not found;
EINVAL, pid is negative, param_ex is NULL, any of policy or param_ex->sched_priority is invalid;
EAGAIN, insufficient memory available from the system heap, increase CONFIG_XENO_OPT_SYS_HEAPSZ;
EFAULT, param_ex is an invalid address;